Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory

Occurrence status

Presence

Resident

Breeding

Non-breeding

Passage

Botswana

N

Extant

Yes

Lesotho

N

Extant

Yes

Mozambique

N

Extant

Yes

South Africa

N

Extant

Yes

Swaziland

N

Extant

Yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory

IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)

Habitat (level 2)

Importance

Occurrence

Artificial/Terrestrial

Plantations

suitable

resident

Artificial/Terrestrial

Rural Gardens

suitable

resident

Forest

Subtropical/Tropical Dry

suitable

resident

Forest

Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

suitable

resident

Introduced vegetation

suitable

resident

Marine Coastal/Supratidal

Coastal Sand Dunes

suitable

resident

Savanna

Dry

suitable

resident

Shrubland

Subtropical/Tropical Dry

suitable

resident

Wetlands (inland)

Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

suitable

resident

Altitude

0 - 2770 m

Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose

Primary form used

Life stage used

Source

Scale

Level

Timing

Pets/display animals, horticulture

-

-

International

Non-trivial

Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Species factsheet: Zosterops virens. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2019.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2019) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2019.